Combination dispensing nozzle and meter



J. c. MILLER 2,123,656

COMBINATION DISPENSING NOZZLE AND METER Filed July 6, 1936 July 12, 938

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Ld /z ATTORN EY A g y INVENQR Q f m n Patented July 12, 1938 UNITEDSTATES PATENT oFFlcE 2,123,656 v COMBINATION DISPENSING NOZZLE AND METERJacob C. Miller, Milwaukee, Wis., assigner to Badger Meter ManufacturingCompany, Milwaukee, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application July 6,1936, Serial No. 89,003 s claims. (cil zei- 95) Serial No. 50,143 ledNovember 16, 1935, entitled- Lubricant metering and dispensing.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a, particulararrangement of the nozzle with respect to the meter casing to facilitatethe l0 use of the device in reaching otherwise inaccessible locations.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view principally in an axial section and partially in sideelevation showing my improved device.

Figure 2 is an end elevation thereof.

Like parts are identifledby the same reference characters throughout theseveral views.

The device includes a casing or barrel 3 which is internally shoulderedat 4, and is integrally closed at one end 5. Adjacent the closed endthere is an'integral extension from the side of the barrel in the formof a pistol grip handle 6 having an internal passage 'I communicatingwith the interior of the barrel 'and provided at 8 with a hose coupling.Within the passage is a plug 9 providing a valve seat engaged by thevalve I 0 under compression of the combination spring and-strainer I I.'Ihe lever I2 pivotedv to the handle immediately adjacent the barrelengages the valve stem to open the valve against the compression of thespring II Within the barrel I provide a conventional casing I5containing the usual fluid operated motor I 6 which drives a registergeartrain I'I to transmit motion to an indicator shaft I8. This shaftpasses through the closed end 5 ofthe barrel and frictionally drives anindicator I9 with reference to an interchangeable diall 20.

The register gear train I'l is mounted in a frame which comprises twoplates 2| and 22, the former being the bottom of a cup-shaped member 23which is engaged by the motor casing 45 I5 to hold it against theshoulder 4. The plates 2| and 22-have registering apertures 24 through lwhich the grease or other material to be metered and dispensed passes.

The motor casing I 5 and the register gear train 50 Yplug 25 which isXed in an open end of the barrel 3. An elbow fitting 26 has itsl legportion 21 extended into the plug 25 and provided with a bushing member28 swiveled in the plug and shouldered to retain the packing 2-9 whichthe plug carries. .A retaining ring 30 screwed to the plug engages theend of bushing 28 to maintain the parts in assembly while permitting theelbow frame are held in place by the screw threaded.

fitting 2s robe revolved about the axis of the barrel to the positionshown in dotted lines.

The other leg portion 32 of the elbow fitting is .internally threaded toreceive a packing gland 33 within which the dispensing nozzle 35 isswiveled. A head 36 at the end 'of the nozzle bears against an internalshoulder ofthe elbow iitting and supports the packing 31. The nozzle hasa terminal portionv 38 preferably curved for somewhat more than ninetydegrees asshown, and this terminal portion may be swung about the axis of leg 32 of the elbow tting to various rotative positions, one of whichis illustrated in dotted lines.

The particular disposition and mounting of the nozzle, the elbowfitting, and the barrel with reference to each other, is regarded asimportant in permitting the operator of the device to obtain access toapertures requiringv lubrication and whichwould otherwise beinaccessible.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, the` combination with abarrel and shouldered means at the end thereof providing a bearing, of afitting provided with a bushing connected to the tting and fitted tosaid bearing and having a complementary shoulder, packing conned betweensaid shoulders, and a retaining nut engaging said bushing and inthreaded connection with the barrel.

2. In a device of the character described, the 'combination with abarrel, an elbow provided with means maintaining it inswiveledvconnection with the end of the barrel, and a nozzle providedwith means maintaining it in swiveled connection with the elbow, of ahandle projecting laterally from the barrel and provided with a supplypassage communicating through the barrel and the elbow with the nozzle,a valvein the handle and a valve lever connected with the handle andoperatively engaging'the valve for theopening thereof.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with abarrel, an elbow provided with means maintaining it in swiveledconnection with the end of the barrel, and a nozzle provided with meansmaintaining it in swiveled connec cator.

v- JACOB C. MILLER.

